Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi is a Gram-negative foodborne pathogen1 that can cause severe foodborne disease. A publication by Scallan et al.2 in 2011 estimated that 1,821 human foodborne typhoid fever cases, including 0 deaths, occur annually in the US. It has been estimated that worldwide 21 million illnesses are caused by Salmonella Typhi and 200,000 deaths each year3
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne typhoid fever in the US and Canada include:
Jorge E. Galán, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine,Yale University School of Medicine
Andreas J. Bäumler, Dept. of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Davis
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne typhoid fever in Europe include:
Stephen Baker, Head of enteric infections, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne typhoid fever in South and Latin America include:
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne typhoid fever in Asia and Australia include:
Kathryn E. Holt, University of Melbourne, Dept Microbiology & Immunology, Melbourne, Australia
Stephen Baker, Head of enteric infections, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (Vietnam)
Mochammad Hatta Professor of Medical Microbiology Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University
Additional resources on Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi:
A number of key sources on Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi and typhoid fever are available4.
References
1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmonella_enterica (see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoid_fever)
2Scallan et al. 2011.Emerging Infectious Diseases 17:7-15 PMID:21192848
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21192848
3Crump et al. 2004. The global burden of typhoid fever. Bulletin World Health Organization 82: 346--353.
4http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/divisions/dfbmd/diseases/typhoid_fever/
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